Bayerotrochus midas | |
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Live animal of Bayerotrochus midas | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Pleurotomariida |
Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
Genus: | Bayerotrochus |
Species: | B. midas
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Binomial name | |
Bayerotrochus midas (
Bayer, 1966)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Bayerotrochus midas, common name King Midas's slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 128 mm. Dead Bayerotrochus midas can form shallow marine sediments, and can grow at least as long as 78.9mm. [2]
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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.
Bayerotrochus midas | |
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Live animal of Bayerotrochus midas | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Pleurotomariida |
Family: | Pleurotomariidae |
Genus: | Bayerotrochus |
Species: | B. midas
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Binomial name | |
Bayerotrochus midas (
Bayer, 1966)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Bayerotrochus midas, common name King Midas's slit shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurotomariidae. [1]
The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 128 mm. Dead Bayerotrochus midas can form shallow marine sediments, and can grow at least as long as 78.9mm. [2]
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (March 2013) |
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico; in the Atlantic Ocean off the Bahamas.